Dr. Firat Sari is one of 47 people on trial accused of transferring newborn babies to neonatal units ... referring to Turkey’s emergency medical phone line. Sari, said to be the plot’s ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan broadened financial pledges for families and newlyweds to encourage births amid a shrinking population likely to weigh on economic growth. “For the first ...

Forty-seven people have gone on trial in Turkey in connection with an alleged ... The defendants are accused of making false diagnoses to transfer babies to 19 private hospitals, where they ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Over 72 hours after a deadly earthquake struck Turkey and Syria, rescuers are still finding survivors in the rubble. The death toll has surpassed 20,000 people.

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Turkey’s birth rate fell to 1.51 in 2023, compared with 2.38 in 2001, and Mr Erdogan declared 2025 as the “year of family” to try to address the situation. Turkey will increase financial aid ...